About Annie Wells
Born 1954. Annie Wells is an American photographer and journalist.
Annie Wells (born March 24, 1954) is an American photographer, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.
Early life and education Annie Wells was born on March 24, 1954.
She graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz with a B.A. in 1981, and studied photojournalism at San Francisco State University where she was part of a group that won the RFK public service award.
Career Wells worked as a photographer for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, San Francisco bureau Associated Press, the Greeley Tribune in Greeley, Colorado, and the Herald Journal in Logan, Utah.
She joined the Los Angeles Times in 1997. In October 2008, she was laid off from the Los Angeles Times.
Recognition and awards 1997: Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Personal life Wells is a survivor of breast cancer.
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(born 1954) American photographer
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